Host Rick Moore talks with intuitive analyst Lee Channing (psychic at Spirits Evolving) about the energies of different colors, pets, how to share bad news, the holidays, and more.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Dropouts in the Public School System
Host Rick Moore talks with Diana Poe (WALK dropout prevention program coordinator (Work Achieved Lasting Knowledge), and Jim Henderson (Charlottesville City Schools Assistant Superintendent) about what the WALK program does and the type of students that are more likely to drop out of high school. Some of those factors include: being raised by a single parent, having a parent incarcerated, having basic school deficiencies, and more.
Wake-Up Call: The mid-terms in Virginia and Beyond
On the October 31 edition of the Wake-Up Call, just two days before the 2010 mid-terms, Rick Moore chats with Jim Sofka, adjunct faculty at the Federal Executive Institute, about the importance of these elections
Wake-Up Call: The 2010 Virginia Film Festival
On the Oct. 24 edition of the Wake-Up Call, Producer Sean McCord talks with Jody Kielbasa, director of the Virginia Film Festival, scheduled for November 4-7. Tickets will be sold at the UVA Arts Box Office and the Main Street Arena. You can also get tickets by calling (434) 924-3376.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Politics and the Middle East
Host Rick Moore talks with Ruhi Ramazani (UVA Senior Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs) about happenings in Iran, the issue of a Mosque near Ground Zero, U.S relationships with Middle Eastern countries including what Obama has done as commander-in- chief, and more.
Wake-Up Call: Bullying and Sexual Orientation
On the Oct. 10 Wake-UP Call, host Rick Moore tackles the subject of bullying and sexual orientation in schools. With national focus on several recent tragedies of bullying and suicide, Rick speaks with Rachel Farr, a Ph.D. candidate in Developmental and Community Psychology at UVA; Allen Robinson, a teacher at Charlottesville High School; and Logan Hall, a CHS student.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Election Topics
On the Sunday, October 3 edition of the wake-up call, Rick Moore talks with Stefanie and John about election topics. They cover topics such as: the decrease in construction projects, the rise of tea party candidates, taxes, money for education, and more.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Cannabis, Cancer and Candidates
Host Rick Moore talks with Al Byrne (veterans for medical cannabis access), and Mary Lyn Mathree (VA nurses association) (both are “patients out of time”) about how veterans can use Cannabis for certain treatments with a doctor’s permission at VA hospitals (veterans affairs), but only in 14 states (VA is not one of them). Cannabis has been tested for treatments in many places, and has been proven to be effective. For more information go to http://www.medicalcannabis.com/
WNRN Wake-Up Call: UVA Women’s Center
On the September 5th edition of the wake-up call, Rick Moore (host) talks with Sharon Davie (director of UVA Women’s Center) about why this center is needed at the university, and women’s issues in the world today. The UVA Women’s Center was founded in 1989, and Sharon Davie has been the director ever since. This center has gotten more publicity ever since the things with Morgan Harrington and Yeardley Love occurred. The center has a survivor support network that tells people how to react and support people who come to them with problems like rape, and it offers support for people too.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Oil & Offshore Drilling
On the August 22 edition of the Wake-Up Call, Rick talks with Deborah Murray (senior attorney of Southern Environmental Law Center) and Marirose Pratt (associate attorney of SELC) about the oil spill, offshore drilling, and concerns about it. The SELC has offices in Charlottesville, as well as areas of the country affected by the oil spill. One of the main concerns of the SELC is that BP has violated the Endangered Species Act by not treating the endangered effected by the spill properly. In Virginia , offshore drilling has been postponed.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Daily Newspapers
Rick Moore speaks with McGregor McCance, the managing editor of The Daily Progress about the future of daily printed media, and how new forms of communication on the Internet will affect their operations and business models.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Global Warming
Host, Rick Moore speaks with Bill Antholis (managing director and senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, and co-author of the book Fast Forward: Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming) about global warming. If this warm weather pattern continues, it can have a negative effect on lifestyles, such as the production of agriculture. Obama has taken necessary steps by establishing the Copenhagen Accord, which has China and India cut back on the greenhouse gases being emitted into the air. Did you know that the people in America are one of the main causes of global warming?!?